Damaging Weekend Rain Strains Hempstead and Nevada Roads
In northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas a weekend rainstorm dumped up to 16 inches in the Hope area, flooding Hempstead and Nevada county gravel roads. The Emmet Laneburg travel highway suffered severe water-logged sections and a near failure of a principal bridge, isolating farms and forcing costly repairs by county judges as more roads are forecast to be impaired.
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Texas
Arkansas
Hempstead
Nevada County
Hope Area
Rocky Mound Road
Emmet- Laneburgy
Emmet
Laneburg
Nevada
Heavy rainfall floods roads in Hope area
From Friday 7 a.m. to Monday 7 a.m. Hope area recorded 17.87 inches of rain with 2.40 on Friday, 8.52 Saturday, 5.37 Sunday, and 1.58 Monday morning. Flooding occurred in Hope Emmet. roads washed out in Hempstead County. No traffic accidents reported. US 67 closed briefly, I-30 westbound flooded at times. Weather service issued flash flood watches, heaviest rain northwest of El Dorado.
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Hope
Hope-Emmet
Hempstead
Finis Odom
National Weather Service
South Arkansas
Emmet
Lawrence Sparks
Nevada
National Weather Services
el Dorado
Texarkana
Ouachita River Rises to 22.4 Feet Near Camden
The Ouachita River near Camden climbed to 22.4 feet on Sunday, up 13 feet in a day, with flood stage at 26 feet. The NWS forecast crest at 28.5 feet Tuesday and noted the area took the brunt of heavy weekend rains. Several roads were closed in South Arkansas, including routes near Prescott and Hope, with a statewide flash flood watch issued then canceled for most areas.
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Associated Press
Ouachita
Camden
National Weather Service
NWS
Arkansas
Prescott
Hope
South
Record of Labor Day highway deaths climbs past 300
The Associated Press reports over 300 persons killed in highway accidents during the long Labor Day weekend. AP tally shows 343 deaths from traffic accidents since 6 p.m. Friday as homebound travel continues today.
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Associated Press
Hurricane Carmen Hits Yucatan Peninsula With 175 MPH Winds
Hurricane Carmen roared ashore on the Yucatan with winds up to 175 mph and 15 foot tides, prompting warnings across Belize and Mexico. The storm veered northwest, sparing Belize City from its worst impacts, while forecasters warned of heavy rains and potential Texas threats as Carmen moved toward the Bay of Campeche.
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Miami
Fla
Yucatan Peninsula
Carmen
Belize City
Belize
Neil Frank
National Hurricane Center
Hattie
Frank
Chetumal
Mexico
British Honduras
Mexico City
Bay of Campeche
Joe Pelissier
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Abrams Remains in Serious Condition at Walter Reed
General Creighton Abrams Army chief of staff stays listed as very seriously ill at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. A hospital spokesman says his vital signs are adequate as doctors treat two blood clots in the right lung and leg and work to prevent more clots after his cancer left lung was removed months earlier.
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Washington
Creighton W. Abrams
Army
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Abrams
Disturbance at Newark park leaves two shot in chaos
At Branch Brook Park a pre Labor Day picnic erupted into violence with two men shot and four firefighters injured. A police car and a fire unit were set ablaze as thousands protested after reports of gambling arrests and a mounted officer trampling a girl, later treated at a local hospital. Mayor Gibson planned talks with Puerto Rican leaders.
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Newark
N.J
Branch Brook Park
Focus
Kenneth Gibson
Maddox Busbee Runoff for Georgia Governor Nomination
In Georgia Maddox seeks a second term as chief executive facing state Senator George Busbee in a runoff for the Democratic nomination. Nevada’s contest features three Republicans aiming to replace retiring U.S. Senator Alan Bible, while North Dakota spotlights ex governor William Guy challenging Robert McCarney for the Democratic nod to oppose incumbent Republican Milton Young.
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Tom Jory
Associated Press
Lester Maddox
Georgia
George Busbee
Nevada
Paul Laxalt
U.S
Alan Bible
D-Nev
North Dakota
William L. Guy
Rob
Ert McCarney
Milton Young
Maddox
Busbee
GOP
U.S. Senate
Harry Reid
Maya Miller
Mike O’callagham
Bill Bickerstaff
Shirley Crumpler
Cottontail Ranch
Lida Junction
Beverly Harrell
Nation
State Assembly
Guy McCarney
Mark Andrews
Lawrence Nanden
Byron Dorgan
Congress
Woman 71 survives four days on rugged Mount Hood hike
Frances Hodge, 71, disappeared from a Milwaukie retirement group near Bridal Veil Oregon, surviving four days by eating berries and sleeping on a fern bed. A forest ranger found her a mile from search headquarters, she was in good condition and had one last request for no more huckleberries.
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Ore
Frances Hodge
Miss Hodge
Milwaukie
David Kiser
Mt. Hood National Forest
Portland
Columbia River
Kiser
Sheriff’s Deputies
Gresham Community Hospital
Ford signs landmark pension reform act on Labor Day
President Ford hails the 1974 Employee Retirement Income Security Act as a landmark measure giving 30 million workers clearer rights to pension funds and stronger protection that retirement dollars will be available. The signing at the Rose Garden included labor leaders and will affect 300,000 to 400,000 existing and future private pension plans. Vesting provisions ensure benefits after years of service, with options for partial or full rights and a new Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to back plans.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Congress
Labor
Industry
Finance
George Meany
Afl-Cio
I.W. Abel
Steelworkers
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers Union
Peter J. Brennan
U.S
Two Allende Supporters Shot by Police Near Santiago
Washington Post reports two supporters of Salvador Allende were fatally shot after being detained by police near Santiago Chile. The paper notes its Chile correspondent Joseph Novitski was briefly placed under house arrest after authorities learned he was writing about the deaths.
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Washington
Salvador Allende
Chile
Joseph Novitski
Labor Day Observance Across Nation Amid Strikes and Violence
The 80th Labor Day features picnics parades and relaxed celebrations nationwide. Philippe Petit walks a cable to the Great Falls in Paterson highlighting Hamilton's industrial vision while Dysart Iowa blends events with fireworks. St Louis autoworkers end a 65 day strike and mine talks loom in Washington. Violent incidents at a Indiana drag race and a Newark New Jersey outing cast a shadow as highway deaths edge toward 450 to 550.
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Phillipe Petit
Paterson
N.J
Alexander Hamilton
St. Louis
Washington D.C
United Mine Workers
Indiana
Newark
National Safety Council
Trade unions split at Brighton over wage restraint bid
Britain’s Trades Union Congress opens its 106th conference as the two largest unions clash on endorsing the Labour government appeal for voluntary wage restraint. The Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers opposes the plan until wealth is redistributed and major industries nationalized.
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Brighton
England
Britain
Harold Wilson
Trades Union Congress
Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers
Jack Jones
Transport and General Workers’ Union
Roger Head to join Star as photo-features editor
Roger Head, 22, former manager of the Pine Bluff Commercial photo department, will join The Star on Wednesday September 4 as photo features editor. A native of El Dorado, he studied at Southern State College 1969 to 1973, earning a BA in sociology with a journalism minor. He was chief photographer for The Bray and editor in his senior year, and also chief photographer for The Mulerider yearbook. He previously worked at Pine Bluff Commercial for a year, succeeds Connie Hendrix, and is married to Jane Head.
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Pine Bluff
The
Star
el Dorado
James Kenneth Head
W. Oak Stan
Southern State Callege
Beup Graduat
Bray
Mulerider
Head
Connie Hendrix
the Star
University of Arkansas
University of Georgia
Mr. Head
Jane
Star Office
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Yucatan
Pelissier
Ronnie Thompson
Macon
Harold Dye
Thompson
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp
Labor Department
Dysart
Iowa
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